EC announces Phase 2 of SIR in 12 states/UTs

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday addressed a press conference and said the second phase of SIR (Special Intensive Revision) will be carried out in nine states and three Union Territories (UTs). Giving further details, CEC Kumar said in the states where the SIR will be conducted, electoral rolls will be frozen at midnight today, and voters will be given unique enumeration forms with all details later.

"The SIR will ensure no eligible elector is left out and no ineligible elector is included in poll rolls," Kumar said and added that the voters' list cleanup exercise has been concluded in Bihar with the final list with nearly 7.42 crore electors published on September 30.

CEC Gyanesh Kumar said that Phase 2 of SIR (Special Intensive Revision) is to be carried out in 12



states/UTs, including West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh, among others.

The second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), or voter roll revision, will cover 277 Lok Sabha constituencies, including Uttar Pradesh (80), West Bengal (42), Tamil Nadu (39), Madhya Pradesh (29), Gujarat (26), Rajasthan (25), Kerala (20), Chhattisgarh (11), Goa (2), Andaman and Nicobar (1), Lakshadweep (1) and Puducherry (1).

These nine states and three Union Territories have 1,843 Assembly segments, with Uttar Pradesh leading the pack with 403 seats, followed by West Bengal (294), Tamil Nadu (234), Madhya Pradesh (230), Rajasthan (200), Gujarat (182), Kerala (140), Chhattisgarh (90), Goa (40) and Puducherry (30).

These states and Union Territories have around 51 crore voters.